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Gambia: A Brufutnka’s Answer to ‘Brufut is just like Dubai’ –

Gambia: A Brufutnka’s Answer to ‘Brufut is just like Dubai’ –

Africa Links 24 with thevoice
Published on 2026-01-19 12:05:37

 

By Dave Manneh, Securing Futures: Land Rights Action Collaborative (SFLRAC)

They offer mirrors when they cannot show you soil. They invoke skylines to make you forget the ground under your feet. Last weekend, President Adama Barrow stood in Brufut and declared, “Brufut is just like Dubai today.” To us, this was more than hyperbole. We heard the familiar cadence of Sanawuyaa, the ancient joking relationship that binds us.

We have uncovered the secret: the President has spent too…

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